Engineer II, Software - Perception (SD/DC/Bos) - New Grad - 6139
Shieldai · United States
About this role
## Shield AI — Engineer II, Software (Perception) — New Grad Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include **Hivemind autonomy software**, **V-BAT** and **X-BAT** aircraft, and **Aechelon** simulation and synthetic reality technologies. ### About the HMS Perception Team The HMS Perception team develops **sensor-processing**, **vision**, **tracking**, **sensor-fusion**, and **AI/ML** capabilities that provide reliable information to autonomous systems. Work includes evaluating performance with **real and simulated sensor data** and integrating outputs into mission software. ### What you’ll do - Implement and test **C++** changes in detection, tracking, fusion, localization support, data pipelines, or AI/ML-enabled perception workflows. - Work with real and simulated **EO/IR**, camera, radar, **IMU**, **GPS**, and other sensor data to evaluate performance and failure modes. - Build **tests, metrics, analysis scripts, and visualizations** to make algorithm behavior measurable and repeatable. - Support integration of perception outputs with **autonomy behaviors**, mission systems, and operator interfaces under defined contracts. - Debug **data quality**, timing, coordinate frames, software interfaces, and model/algorithm behavior (with guidance as needed). - Participate in simulation, lab, and field-test preparation and post-test analysis for assigned work. - Document design assumptions, evaluation results, and issues; collaborate with perception, autonomy, platform, and test teammates. ### Role details - **Position type:** Paid, in-person, full-time - **Start timing:** Roles starting in **2027** - **Eligibility:** Students graduating during the **2026–2027** academic year ### Location / Company info Shield AI has offices and facilities across the **U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific**. Learn more at **www.shield.ai**.
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